M13917: Arrest of Christ

Identification and Creation

Object Number

M13917

People

Albrecht Dürer, German (Nuremberg 1471 - 1528 Nuremberg)

Title

Arrest of Christ

Other Titles

Alternate Title: Betrayal of Christ, or, Kiss of Judas
Series/Book Title: Large Woodcut Passion

Classification

Prints

Work Type

print

Date

1510

Culture

German

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/255716

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Woodcut printed in black ink on white antique laid paper

Technique

Woodcut

Dimensions

block: 39.5 x 28.1 cm (15 9/16 x 11 1/16 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

• inscription: at upper edge, toward left, woodcut date printed in black ink: 1510
• (not assigned): at lower left, on ground, woodcut artist's monogram printed in black ink: AD
• watermark: Meder watermark 53: large orb [?]
• collector's mark: verso, purple stamp: lower case g within an upper case G [not in Lugt]
• inscription: verso, various graphite inscriptions: B. 7 / M Mle[?] v . d. T / c.28858 / 31
• collector's mark: verso, brown stamp with accession number written in graphite: THE WILLIAM HAYES FOGG / ART MUSEUM OF / HARVARD UNIVERSITY / 13,917 [Lugt 936]

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

State

before the text, Meder a/b

Standard Reference Number

Bartsch 7, Meder 116

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Francis H. Burr Memorial Fund

Accession Year

1961

Object Number

M13917

Division

European and American Art

Contact

am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu

Permissions

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Exhibition History

• Northern Renaissance Art: Selected Works, Busch-Reisinger Museum, Cambridge, 02/28/1984 - 04/08/1984
• Dürer's Passions, Harvard University Art Museums, Cambridge, 09/09/2000 - 12/03/2000

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